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No. 587,122, Patented July 27, 1897.

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IVILLIAM G. I-IINGHER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,122, dated July 27,1897.

Application filed March 16, l 8 9 6- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. I-IINGHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of New York city, county of New York, and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAdvertising Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partthereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts. I

This invention relates to an improved trick cigar, the object of theinvention being to supply a durable article which contains anadvertisement placed and displayed in such a manner as to prevent itsremoval without destroying the symmetry of the device. The article issufficiently attractive in contour and general appearance to make it ofvalue to a recipient, whereby it will be kept and exhibited as anornamental novelty and not thrown away or destroyed, as advertisingcardsgenerally are.

The invention will be hereinafterfully described, and specifically setforth in the annexed claims. i

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurel is a perspective view illustrating the preferred form of my improveddevice. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation thereof.

In the practice of my invention I provide a solid block or core A, whichis composed, preferably, of wood, but which may be made of papier-Inach,celluloid, or any other suitable light-weight substance.

The core A in its'preferred form is shaped precisely like an ordinarycigar, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and theexposed end portion a isroughened and stained to resemble a filling of tobacco. Having suppliedthe core A, it is covered or coated by means of a paper wrapper B, whichis arranged spirally upon said core in such a manner as to form an exactimitation ofa cigar, the said covering being previously stained andscented in imitation of a strip of tobacco andits end portions beingpasted to the core A to prevent its removal therefrom.

Having coated or covered the core A, aband Serial No. 583,288. (Nomodel.)

C is pasted around the wrapper B at a point approximating the center ofthe cigar-shaped structure. This said band is provided upon its outersurface with any suitable advertising matter 0. i

I do not confine myself to the specific contour of the articlesillustrated in the drawings, as I believe that under the scope of myinvention I am entitled to make changes in the mere shape of the core orblock A; but I do confine myself to the use of a solid fillingrepresenting a body of tobacco with a wrapper and an advertising-bandthereon.

I am aware that boxes and other articles of cigar shape have been made,and I do not claim, broadly, as my invention an imitation cigar, but theparticular manner in which I produce a cheaper and a more completearticle. I believe it to be new and original.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An advertising or trick cigar comprising a solid core a wrappercovering the core in imitation of the natural-leaf tobacco, the lightingend of the core being made to resemble an ordinary tobacco-filler.

2. An advertising or trick cigar comprising a solid core, a wrappercovering the core in imitation of the natural-leaf tobacco, the lightingend of the core being made to resemble an ordinary tobacco-filler andthe other end in imitation of the month end of a cigar.

3. An advertising or trick cigar comprising a solid core; a wrappercovering the core in imitation of the natural-leaf tobacco, the lightingend of the core being made to resemble an ordinary tobacco-filler andthe other end twisted in imitation of the month end of a cigar, thewhole being scented in imitation of a genuine tobacco cigar.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my inventi'onI have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of March, 1896.

Witnesses:

M. G. MAOLEAN, S. SCHWARTZ.

